Future of UX | Your Design, Tech and User Experience Podcast | AI Design #137 Generative UI: Lessons from Google Labs Disco
Dec 18, 2025
Discover how Generative UI is transforming digital products with Google Labs' experimental browser, Disco. Learn about the shift from search-first to goal-first browsing and how interfaces are now created based on user intent and context. Delve into the evolving role of UX, focusing on system behavior over static designs. Explore challenges around responsibility and transparency in generative systems, and find out what this means for designers and product teams shaping future experiences.
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Disco: An Experimental Generative Browser
- Patricia Reiners describes Google Labs' Disco as an invite-only experimental browser built on Chromium.
- She explains Disco generates custom interactive interfaces focused on a user's current goal.
Interfaces Built Around Intent
- Interfaces shift from fixed structures to generated responses that match user goals.
- Patricia Reiners highlights intent as the primary object instead of static UI.
Design For Outcomes Not Paths
- Generative UI reframes UX from designing navigation paths to designing for outcomes.
- Patricia Reiners ties this shift to the jobs-to-be-done mindset focusing on user goals.